Instead of running or hiding, teachers were trained to actively go after shooters in their schools.

The APD held the training a few weeks ago. They ran the school's staff through various scenarios involving a possible shooter on site.

The department said it believes the training is the first of its kind in the state.

Hope Christian parent April Baca said she's comforted knowing teachers have this skill. Still, she said she worries about what would go wrong if teachers couldn't get hold of the gun.

"It can also cause a lot more danger to themselves and to the children if they can't," Baca said.

Hope Christian's director of academic affairs said APD asked Hope to participate in the training, adding that it really opened the eyes of the staff. Even substitute teachers and custodial staff were invited to be trained.

School officials said parents were alerted of this new tactic in an email recently sent out.